April Fool

Straight from the land of the lost
I'ma hit you with the funk force
That makes you run your rap style back to the crack vile...

April Fools came a few hours early last night, didn’t it?

Because there’s no way a NBA team, flush with talent, can blow a 22 point lead, right?

Is Sidd Finch going to play for the Nuggets too?

That wasn’t Steve Nash and Raja Bell knocking down four consecutive 3 pointers and George Karl looking helpless on the bench. No way. That had to be a staged game or something. Were the El-Jebel circus performers out there?

That had to be a demo for a new EA Hoops game, one that you can take control of Amare Stoudamire and drive the lane at will in the fourth quarter (with no defense in your way) and dunk, lay it in, and pick up fouls on the opposition. Was there some voice over screaming “he’s heating up!”

Maybe Altitude switched the game by accident with the And 1 Tour, because the level of defense being played by the Nugs in the 2nd half was equal to that of Hot Sauce and The Professor. Maybe Escalade could’ve played better defense in the paint?

Was there anyone out there who wasn’t in on this cruel joke to stand up and say ‘I wont let this happen’ and crack some heads, sink some free throws, grab some boards, ie, show some leadership?

I look at the standings and see the Nugs in the #9 seed, recheck it on the radio, recheck it on the net. The joke must be on me.